Beige G3 266, adding ATI rage II + dvd

[Trianon]

Hi,

I would like to get 1280 x 1024 resolution from my beige G3 (don't need 32 bits color), but with the 2MB standard it will not work.
I can't find video memory upgrade for my beige G3 266, would it work if I add an ATI rage II PCI card (think it had 4MB) ?

Br,
Steve

 

[ArbysTPossum]

DOS Days - ATi 3D Rage II Series (1996-1997)

website description

dosdays.co.uk

I have found this, it tells a lot about the Rage line in general. They're probably talking about the PC version, but I'm sure it's fine.

 

[Phipli]

SO DIMM 4MB UPGRADE FOR XPERT LCD XCLAIM 3D ALL-IN-WONDER Fast Free Shipping | eBay

SO DIMM 4MB UPGRADE FOR XPERT LCD XCLAIM 3D ALL-IN-WONDER Fast Free Shipping

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Cheapest I could find after a quick search. Shame, not long ago there was a seller in Germany selling them for much less.

 

[Trianon]

As I can get the ATI card cheaper then an 4MB memory upgrade I will go this way.
I also checked the web but the numbers are for Windows and very different from what Apple reported...

Generally I just made a calculation what can be displayed with 2MB and 4MB at 16 bits and seems
1280 can only work with the higher memory.

For me it's more about the journey than the final result

 

[Phipli]

I would like to get 1280 x 1024 resolution from my beige G3 (don't need 32 bits color), but with the 2MB standard it will not work.

If you don't need Millions of colours, Apple says the G3 does 1280x1024 at 8bit with 2MB? I'd believe that because it only needs 1.25MB of VRAM.

Power Macintosh G3 Desktop - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com

First thing I would do is check what video adapters you are using because some VGA adapters limit what resolutions are available. If you don't have any others, SwitchRes might let you manually select the resolution. Mac Garden seems to be broken right this moment with some downloads not appearing, but it will be here when fixed :

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/switchres

 

[Trianon]

Thanks for that Phipli, I only found 1024x768 max on other sites.
Yes 1280x1024 with 256 colors will be more then enough as desktop for programming tasks.
So the standard 2MB will be good enough for now.

My ultimate goal is to build a KVM so I can switch keyboard, mouse and screen between all my machines ...
So I would set them all to max screen resolution by the IDs.
But I'm already blocked by the SE, Classic and 6300 with build in screen.